"I'll go see what's wrong with her." Phil announced to the crowd downstairs.
"I think she made it perfectly clear what was wrong, Phil." Angelica pointed out.
"Yeah, well, she's my sister. I should go talk to her, anyway."
Phil made his way out of the living room and to the hallway. Tommy followed him.
"Wait, Phil. Before you go to talk to Lil, I want to give you something." Tommy said.
Phil rolled his eyes.
"What?" He snapped.
"Your birthday present. I know that the gift from my family could have been from all of us, but I wanted to get you guys something from me. Besides, I think it's something that you would like."
Phil took the gift out of Tommy's hand and opened it.
He stood in complete awe for just about a minute before he finally said something.
"Tommy...I don't know what to say...I mean...you didn't have to do this."
Phil gazed down at the pinkish colored hat he held in his hand. He remembered when Tommy, Chuckie, and himself had gone on a rafting adventure with his own mother and Chuckie's dad. A bird of some sort had some how gotten hold of his hat and flew away with it, even after he had nearly risked his own life to save it the first time.
"I know. But, I wanted to. I mean, that is what friends do, right? They do things for each other. Anyway, I know how attached you were to that hat and how long you've had it. So, your mom took me back to the site and we looked around for it, but we couldn't find it. So, I bought you one just like it. I know it's not the exact same one, but I thought it might be a good fill in."
Tommy shrugged and started to walk away.
"Even if you do hate me."
"Tommy...I don't hate you." Phil said, walking up to him. "You're one of my best friends. I know I got a little jealous about you and Lil hanging out together, but, its not like you've never done it before. You did it all the time. It's just, now its more often. And I think it's really great that Lil feels like she can confide in someone besides me."
Phil smiled at Tommy.
"Besides..." He added. "The thing with you and Kimi...If it weren't for that, I would have never even had a chance with her."
"Thanks, Phil." Tommy said gratefully.
"No problem. And thanks for the birthday present, T. I really do love it."
"So, you gonna go check up on Lil?" Tommy asked.
"Actually, now that I think of it, I have a party to get back to. Don't want to be away too long for in case they miss me."
Phil turned around and started back to the living room.
"But you know, Tommy, I'll bet they won't miss you for a while." Phil gave Tommy a quick wink before leaving again.
Tommy smiled and climbed the stairs to the Deville's second floor, planning on finding out once and for all what was really wrong with Lil.